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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

FREDERICK A. SCHLOSSTEIN, OF NEWVARK, NElV JERSEY.

FINGER-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,757, dated December16, 1890.

Application filed April 29, 1890- Serial No. 349,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. SoHLos- STEIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFinger-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an interchangeable initial orother ornament for finger-rings and other articles of jewelry of reducedcost and greater neatness of construction.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe clauses of the claims.

Referringto the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a planof a finger-ring. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the same with theinitial broken away and showing the shank thereof in section. Fig. 3 isa section taken on line a, Fig. 1; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details ofthe ornamental initial, showing the shank thereof.

In said drawings, a indicates a finger-ring body, having a socket orsetting for a stone 1), formed by providing the said ring-body withsuitable bearings a a, adapted to prevent the stone from movinglaterally on said body. The said stone is perforated, as at b, Fig. 2,and through the perforation extends a hollow tube e, which is preferablyangular in cross-section, the said tube being soldered or otherwisefixed to the bed-plate.

0 indicates an initial letter or other ornament adapted to lie flat onthe stone, being curved, as indicated in Fig. 4, to conform to thesurface of said stone. Said initial letter is provided with a shank d,which is also preferably angular in cross-section to conform to theshape of the hollow tube 6. Said shank extends into and through saidtube, lying telescopically therein and extends a little beyond the platea of the body sufficiently to allow of the extremity to be turned orriveted so as to prevent withdrawal. By this construction the parts areheld firmly together, the angular shank co-operating with the curvedsurfaces of the stone and initial to prevent pivotal movement.

Should the jeweler or other person desire to substitute some otherornament for the initial 0, he simply turns back the riveted or turnedextremity of the shank, when the said initial may be readily removed, aswill be understood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1.. Thecombination of the body a, having a tube 6 fixed at the center thereof,a perforated stone, and an initial or ornament c, having a shank d,which extends through said tube and is riveted at the interior of thering, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the body (1, having the socket or setting for thestone and a hollow tube secured thereto, a perforated stone arranged insaid setting, and an initial having a shank extending telescopicallythrough said tube and body and havi ng its extremity turned or riveted,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination with the body a, having the angular tube, a stone I),and an initial letter or other ornament having an angular shank arrangedtelescopically within said angular tube, all said parts being arrangedand combined substai'ltially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this26th day of March, 1890.

FREDERICK A. SCHLOSSTEIN.

Witnesses: V

CHARLES H.'PELL, OSCAR A. PRICHEL.

